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Gaining Perspective on the Chinese American Christian Diaspora
The winter issue of ChinaSource Quarterly, “Chinese American Christianity in History and Today” came out last week. Our friends Sam George and Andrew Lee at the Global Diaspora Institute (located at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center) did an exceptional job of guest editing the issue and bringing to our attention the history of […]
Chinese vs American Family
Don’t Tell Me What to Do!
When I was a teenager, I wondered why my American friends would brag about disobeying their parents—at home or in public. I sometimes disagreed with my parents, but I would never disagree with them face-to-face, much less in public. During my graduate studies about culture, I learned that the American family fosters what is […]
Supporting Article
Transpacific Transposition: 1965 to Present
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (3)
The author brings us to the present by giving five factors that since 1965 have created the awakening and dominance of independent-minded and indigenous evangelicalism in North American Chinese Christianity.
Lead Article
The Christian World They Made Together: 1850–1911
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (1)
The author explains the growth of the Chinese diaspora and Chinese immigration to the United States and Canada as well as the events that gave birth to North American Chinese Christianity.
Supporting Article
Saving China, Saving Ourselves: 1911–1965
History of Chinese Christianity in North America (2)
[…] Christian. After completing his studies at San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1892, he became the first Chinese Presbyterian minister in America and pastored a Chinese church in Los Angeles. He soon decided to focus on publishing Chung Sai Yat Pao, the first Chinese language daily newspaper outside of China. The newspaper spoke forcefully for […]
Cultural Identity—East vs West
Or Why They Cause Me Stress
In Asia I experienced a lot of cultural stress but didn’t know why. Not only was I trying to adjust to a different culture, but I was also dealing with unconscious American and Japanese cultural values.
Guanxi
Or, Do I Have to Give Them Something to Make Friends?
When we lived in Asia, I was constantly asked for things and especially for money. Being a typical American, I was offended with their constant asking. I discovered later that asking for favors was a means of developing relationships.
ChinaSource Perspective
A Rich Historical Ride
I came to this issue of the ChinaSource Quarterly, “Chinese American Christianity in History and Today,” with great curiosity and expectancy and was not disappointed. In the span of only seven articles I was taken on a rich historical ride which covers the story of the Chinese diaspora in North America, a closer look […]
Reciprocity—Goes Both Ways and Keeps on Going
As we have seen in my previous blogs, the Chinese family identity is very different from the American individual identity. A simple example—those with a family identity tend to use plural pronouns (“we, our, ours”) while those with an individual identity tend to use singular pronouns (“I, me, my”). We’ve also seen that Confucian […]
Saving Face
[…] Sharing is part of building and maintaining relationships (guanxi) that is done in an on-going, reciprocal manner. If sharing is not done appropriately—the family or group will lose face. When I was in college, for the first time I met people from many different ethnicities other than my Asian family members and white European […]